The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace
By: Patricia Wiltshire
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Want-Ad Killer
By: Ann Rule
3.59
Format: 378 pages,
After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipula… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- mystery
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2. In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption
By: Hillel Levin , James Keene
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Featured on Dateline and CNN, the true story of a young man destined for greatness on the football … read more
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- true crime
- memoir
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
3. Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
By: William M. Bass , Jon Jefferson
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention … read more
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- true crime
- death
- nonfiction
- crime
- science
4. Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates
By: Suzanne O'Malley
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
On a June morning in a Houston suburb, a 911 dispatcher questioned the caller on the other end of t… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
5. Murder, She Barked (Paws and Claws Mystery, #1)
By: Krista Davis
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owner… read more
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6. The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
By: Amanda Ripley
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
It lurks in the corner of our imagination, almost beyond our ability to see it: the possibility tha… read more
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7. Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us
By: Ruth Kassinger
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Say "algae" and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of… read more
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- science
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
8. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
By: Annie Proulx
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more
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- science
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
9. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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- science
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
10. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
11. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
By: Sam Kean
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more
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- science
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
12. All the Living and the Dead
By: Hayley Campbell
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more
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- audiobook
- true crime
- death
- nonfiction
- crime
- science
"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
13. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
By: Harold Schechter
3.76
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
14. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
By: Edward Humes
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more
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- audiobook
- true crime
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- science
15. Lies to Tell (D.I. Clare Mackay, #3)
By: Marion Todd
4.26
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Early one morning DI Clare Mackay receives a message from her boss DCI Alastair Gibson telling her … read more
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- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
16. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
By: Sue Black
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more
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- audiobook
- true crime
- death
- nonfiction
- crime
- science
"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
17. Opløst
By: Sara Blaedel
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Unbound
Hvordan er det at vide, at man skal dø og vente på at gå i opløsning? Det er sommer, og alt ånde… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
18. The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them
By: Peter Wohlleben
4.03
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees An illuminating manifesto on … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
19. Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
By: Harold Schechter
3.46
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychop… read more
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- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
20. The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
By: Roman Mars
4.03
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the cr… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
"A round of applause for circles."-Roman Mars, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
"For better or worse, defensive designs limit the range of activities people can engage in. They can also create real problems for the elderly or disabled. Some of the goals of unpleasant designs can …"-Roman Mars, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
21. The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
By: Ben Rawlence
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing acco… read more
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- science
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
22. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
By: Pico Iyer
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time" (Brain Pickings): a journey throu… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
23. Walking with Ghosts
By: Gabriel Byrne
4.11
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of ima… read more
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- memoir
- audiobook
"So the days passed into weeks and the weeks into months, and gradually she too faded until many years later when I came across a photograph of us together on a hillside in Greece, our only holiday. A…"-Gabriel Byrne, Walking with Ghosts
24. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
By: Michelle Dowd
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
25. Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire
By: Clare Frank
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Burnt is a captivating and “evocative” (Erin Brockovich) memoir of trailblazing and firefighting fr… read more
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- memoir
- audiobook
26. Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain
By: Pen Vogler
3.78
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Avocado or beans on toast? Gin or claret? Nut roast or game pie? Milk in first or milk in last? And… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. A Step Past Darkness
By: Vera Kurian
3.55
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
SIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING… There’s something sin… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
28. She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women
By: Jennifer Wright
3.61
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleas… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
29. Mina's Matchbox
By: Yōko Ogawa
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, here is a hypnotic, int… read more
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"Quant à l'endroit où se trouvait mon père, le jour de ses funérailles, ma mère me l'avait indiqué. C'est un peu loin, mais un jour ou l'autre nous irons le rejoindre, il n'y a pas à craindre de s'éga…"-Yōko Ogawa, Mina's Matchbox
30. The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace
By: Patricia Wiltshire
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting blend of science writing and true-crime narrative that explores the valuable but often s… read more
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- natural history
- death
- nonfiction
- mystery
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- nature
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31. Wenn Insekten über Leichen gehen: Als Entomologe auf der Spur des Verbrechens (German Edition)
By: Marcus Schwarz
4.25
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
Insekten führen ihn zum Täter Aus vielen Krimis und Serien ist das Wenn jemand stirbt, feiert die … read more
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